The Girls of Slender Means
Author: Muriel Spark
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found hereLike the May of Teck Club itself, “three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit,” the young women of London after WWII do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. Chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the Best….Read More
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